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My name is Diana. I am the blogger behind Offbeat Vagabond. I just
wanted something to help me rant on about things I love or don't quite
love. I am big on books, especially Urban
Fantasy, it is my favorite genre. Any Romance has to be Paranormal,
because love isn't natural without a gun and a beast involved. Although my tastes are very much expanding, I have discovered a love for Contemporary even BDSM (shocking!) I love
movies. Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror/Action, pretty much anything as long as no
Romantic Comedies are involved (Katherine Heigl, you have been warned).
Music, TV, Wrestling are all my things as well (although I haven't been watching Wrestling as much as I used to). I am doing this for fun. I want to
write on a professional front, so blogging is a good stepping stone for
me. I just hope that stone doesn't have moss and I slip and break
something. So join me in my little piece of the Internet and remember,
it is normal to be abnormal

The first in an all-new urban fantasy series by USA Today bestseller Jaye Wells.The
last thing patrol cop Kate Prospero expected to find on her nightly
rounds was a werewolf covered in the blood of his latest victim. But
then, she also didn't expect that shooting him would land her in the
crosshairs of a Magic Enforcement Agency task force, who wants to know
why she killed their lead snitch.The more Prospero learns about
the dangerous new potion the MEA is investigating, the more she's
convinced that earning a spot on their task force is the career break
she's been wanting. But getting the assignment proves much easier than
solving the case. Especially once the investigation reveals their lead
suspect is the man she walked away from ten years earlier—on the same
day she swore she'd never use dirty magic again.Kate Prospero's
about to learn the hard way that crossing a wizard will always get you
burned, and that when it comes to magic, you should be never say never.

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Dirty Magic is the first book
in Jaye Wells new series The Prospero's War. I have
read the first book in Wells' Sabina Kane series and I
loved every minute of it and this is no exception. In Dirty Magic,
we follow a cop named Kate. The world is obsessed with magic. People
use and abuse magic everyday and it is up to the cops to keep a lid
on it. That is easier said than done. One night while patrolling, she
runs into a man werewolf-like man who has just taken a bite out of
his victim. She soon realizes that the world of magic has a new
player and it is bound to get more people killed. Kate loves that she
has been given the assignment to find who is behind it all. But she
has run away from the crime world of magic and this case is about to
test her will.

Wells seems to be building quite a
reputation when it come insanely amazing lead characters. Our lead,
Kate, is definitely on that list. I loved her humor and tough
exterior even though she is battling with a lot of things with
herself. I loved her from the first page. She is such a determined
character, it instantly drew me to her and her fight against magic.
She has a past with magic. Her uncle is the Godfather of the magic
world. He is in prison for all the crimes he has committed with it,
but Kate is out to prove she is nothing like the man who taught her
everything she knows. But things may get ugly when she shoots a
crazed magic junkie who has taken a hit of magic that makes him look
like a werewolf. This though gives way to the opportunity of a
lifetime for Kate. She gets to be on the Magic Enforcement Agency
that take down the big guys who make the magic and who are the reason
the city of Babylon is crumbling.

I also really loved the characters
that surrounded Kate. Her younger brother, Danny, was a handful. They
are all they have and she tries her best to protect him. That is
becoming more and more difficult as she sees he is starting to get
curious about the world of magic. A world she ran away from and she
is trying to keep him out of. We also have Kate's new gang. Her boss,
Miranda Gardner, scared me. They even make a joke about how she might
have balls. She could give Judge Judy a run for her money. I
loved her, the whole team is really amazing. Apart of that team is
the possible love interest, Morales. Morales could be a bit of a
jackass at times, but I really liked him. He is pretty much a mystery
and we get a bit of his story in the book which I liked. I hope we
learn more about him. There isn't any romance in the book, but there
is chemistry and something could be brewing, if not for a few issues.
One of those issues being Kate's old flame, John Volos. He is on his
way to becoming senator of Babylon. Kate believes he is behind the
rising crime in Babylon. I wasn't sure what to make of him. There
could be chemistry here if Kate would let it. She has a lot of
resentment towards Volos. He does have some redeeming qualities
though. I found him very intriguing. He does do something near the
end of the book that made me want to strangle him, but I am dying to
see where it leads. I know there is more to the story then we can
see. I can't wait to see where this goes. Like I said, there is no
romance, but there are possibilities, both of which I like.

The story was action packed. It is a
crime drama with magic and a teeny tiny dash of paranormal mixed in.
Magic is well known in this world. Magic is being used as a drug in
this world. There is clean magic though, but it is the dirty magic
that is overtaking Babylon. This new drug that is surfacing is
changing people into flesh eating monsters. We are given a villain
pretty early in the book, but nothing is ever that easy. Wells really
kept me on my toes with the guessing. That was just incredible and I
am so anxious for more.

This is definitely a favorite read for
me. Wells worldbuilding and character development are out of this
world. If you are a fan of the Kate Daniels series,
you will love this (another great series to read in case you
haven't). This book is very well written and has a bit of everything
that it is hard not to find something to love about it. You will
adore all of these characters and you will get lost in this book.
There is nothing left to say, just buy it. You will fall in love
Wells work, I know I have.

Jaye Wells is a USA
Today-bestselling author of urban fantasy and speculative crime fiction.
Raised by booksellers, she loved reading books from a very young age.
That gateway drug eventually led to a full-blown writing addiction. When
she’s not chasing the word dragon, she loves to travel, drink good
bourbon and do things that scare her so she can put them in her books.
Jaye lives in Texas with her husband and son.

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